Guild Elections

Officer Elections

Our Officer Elections are the biggest student elections in Birmingham, with thousands voting each year.

It’s your chance to decide who will lead the Guild of Students for the next academic year!

We’re on the lookout for people who are interested in becoming one of our Officers and have the opportunity of a lifetime! Being an Officer is no regular job; one minute you’ll be meeting with leaders at the University to create change on behalf of our students, then the next you’ll be planning large-scale events such as Welcome Week or Grad Ball.

It’s not only a chance to influence the direction of student life and student experience at Birmingham, but it’ll also give you the opportunity to drive change, as well as develop your leadership and problem-solving skills which will only strengthen your CV.

If you become a Full-Time Officer, you will be paid a full-time salary of £26K for the Academic Year, July 2026 – July 2027! Part-Time Officers will be paid approximately £26k (pro rata) for their work around their studies.

This is your chance to put yourself forward or recommend someone you think has got what it takes for one of these special roles. You can also find all of our relevent election documents below.

Applications Are Open

Apply now to stand for a position in our Officer Elections!

You must submit a written statement and photo by the applications deadline for your submission to be accepted.

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Elections Timeline

10AM
Monday 12
January

Applications Open

4PM
Friday 13
February

Applications Close

10AM
Monday 9
March

Voting Opens

4PM
Friday 13
March

Voting Closes

Results Night: Saturday 14 March 2026.

*Notice of Campaigning Period: For the Election, the official campaigning period will align with our voting period. This is therefore notice that campaigning and all associated regulations will be in effect from 10am on Monday 9 March until 4pm on Friday 13 March.

What Roles Are Available?

There are many Officer roles for you to explore.

Full-Time Roles

Full time roles are open to any normally registered University of Birmingham student, whatever year you are in. If you aren’t a final year student, you will have to take a year out of your studies to carry out a full time Officer position:

Full-Time Officer

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Guild President

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Full-Time Officer

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Education Officer

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Full-Time Officer

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International Officer

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Full-Time Officer

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Sports Officer

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Full-Time Officer

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Postgraduate Officer

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Full-Time Officer

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Welfare & Community Officer

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Activities & Employability Officer

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Part-Time Roles

Part-Time roles are open to any normally registered University of Birmingham student and are carried out alongside your studies, you also will be paid for this work across the Academic Year:

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Sustainability Officer

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Disabled Students' Officer

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Part-Time Officer

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LGBTQ+ Students' Officer

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Women's Officer

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Ethnic Minority Students' Officer

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Part-Time Officer

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Trans and Non-Binary Students' Officer

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Whichever role you apply for, you will be able to make positive change for students at UoB!

Applications Pack

The Applications Pack includes important elections documents (e.g. elections rules, wellbeing support), and useful resources to help you with your application and campaign.

When you apply for a role, it is really important that you follow:

All Guild elections are overseen by the Guild’s Returning Officer, who is responsible for ensuring that every election is free, fair and open. The Guild’s Returning Officer is the University’s Registrar and Secretary, who deputises their role to the NUS Deputy Returning Officer.


All complaints must be substantiated with evidence in support of their complaint where possible.

When you apply it is advised that as a minimum you also submit a written statement to tell everyone why they should vote for you, and a candidate photo. You can find advice on how to do this in the documents below.

Upcoming Events

Want to know what’s taking place during the Elections period? Keep checking here for the latest events and activities.

Recommend a Friend

Do you know someone who you think would make an amazing Guild Officer? If so, let us know and the Guild will let that student know someone thinks they’d be fantastic for the job!

Officer Elections 2026: Recommend a Friend

Elections applications are now here – and we want to know about those incredible people who could make real changes to our community! If you know someone who you think could make things happen, then let us know by pressing Start and completing the form. 

Don’t worry, you won’t be signing them up for anything without their knowledge – we’ll just drop them an email before nominations close to let them know that someone out there thinks they’d be a great candidate! Simple. As. That. 

Data Protection
The Guild of Students will process any personal data which you provide in this form in line with data protection law and the Guild of Students Privacy Statement. If you have any concerns you can contact the Data Protection Officer.

Current Election

Guild Elections 2026

In this election, you will elect the 7 Full-Time Officers and 6 Part-Time Guild Officers who will lead your Guild of Students and represent you in the academic year 2026-27.

13 posts are up for election.

Nominations close at 16:00 on Friday 13 February 2026 (in 14 days)

The polls open at 10:00 on Monday 9 March 2026 (in 5 weeks and 3 days)

Post List
Read more about the positions up for election and what each role entails.

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